Libya Protest Photos 2

Libya Protest Photos 2

Protesters chant anti-government slogans while holding a placard depicting
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tobruk City February 22, 2011. Bursts of
celebratory machine gun fire echoed through the streets of Tobruk on Tuesday
as anti-government protesters trashed a monument to Gaddafi's most treasured
work. The words on the placard read, "Libya will be free and Gaddafi will
be out." Reuters

A man carries his belongings as he crosses through the Salum cross from Libya
into Egypt February 22, 2011. Egypt's new military rulers reinforced their
border with Libya on Tuesday and opened the frontier round-the-clock to thousands
fleeing the turmoil unleashed by the revolt against Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi. Reuters

Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they sit on the roof of the burnt
building of the city council in Tobruk February 22, 2011. Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi said on Tuesday he would not step down despite a nationwide revolt
against his rule, vowing to die in Libya as a martyr and threatening tougher
action against protesters. Reuters

Egyptian army soldiers set up tents for a field hospital at the Egyptian-Libyan
border, in Salloum, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. An estimated 5,000 Egyptians
have returned home from Libya by land, and about 10,000 more are waiting
to cross the Libya-Egypt border, an Egyptian security official said Tuesday.
AP

Tunisians working and living in Libya take pictures as they arrive on a pick
up truck on February 22, 2011 at the Ras Jdir border post, near the Tunisian
city of Ben Guerdane after they fled Libya. Hundreds more Tunisians returned
to their country to escape bloody unrest in Libya Tuesday while a new
demonstration in Tunis backed demands for veteran Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi
step down. More than 4,000 Tunisians working or living in Libya have returned
since Sunday, fearing the deadly violence that erupted last week or being
blamed for the uprising after one in Tunisia last month led to others across
the region. Getty

Photo taken from a taxi on the way to the airport on February 21, 2011 in
Tripoli shows heavy traffic. Countries scrambled Tuesday to evacuate their
citizens caught up in the unrest spreading across Libya, sending military
planes and ferries to the north African state. Getty

People seated in a hotel lobby at the airport on February 22, 2011 in Tripoli
await their flight. Countries scrambled Tuesday to evacuate their citizens
caught up in the unrest spreading across Libya, sending military planes and
ferries to the north African state. Getty

A placard showing photos of some of those who have died is seen on top of
a tank, in the early hours of Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya.
The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi
were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday,
an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly
went on state TV to show he was still in charge, though the eruption of turmoil
in the capital after a week of protests and bloody clashes in Libya's eastern
cities has sharply escalated the challenge to Gadhafi. AP

This image broadcast on Libyan state television Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, shows
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as he addresses the nation in Tripoli, Libya.
Libya's Gadhafi vowed to fight on against protesters demanding his ouster
and die as martyr. AP

An army soldier and anti-regime residents pose for photos in front of a tank
in the early hours of Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. The bodies
of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were left
on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition
activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly went on
state TV to show he was still in charge, though the eruption of turmoil in
the capital after a week of protests and bloody clashes in Libya's eastern
cities has sharply escalated the challenge to Gadhafi. AP

Egyptians who have fled from Libya through the Salloum land port gate, wait
with their luggage, by an army tank, at the Egyptian-Libyan border Tuesday,
Feb. 22, 2011. An estimated 5,000 Egyptians have returned home from Libya
by land, and about 10,000 more are waiting to cross the Libya-Egypt border,
an Egyptian security official said. Egypt says it will also send six commercial
and two military planes to repatriate thousands more caught in the revolt
against Moammar Gadhafi's regime. AP

Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, speaks
to the media after publicly calling for Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi,
to step down, outside the Libyan Mission on East 48th Street in New York,
February 21, 2011. The staff of Libya's mission to the United Nations declared
allegiance to the people of Libya, instead of to its government led by Muammar
Gaddafi, a mission spokesman said on Monday. Reuters

Two Libyan jets are parked at the Malta International Airport in Gudja, Malta
Monday evening, Feb. 21, 2011. The air force jets landed in Malta on Monday
and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on
anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. AP

The smashed windows of an unidentified building are seen in Tripoli, Libya
Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday,
with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force
pilots defecting and a major government building ablaze after clashes in
the capital of Tripoli. AP

Graffiti in Arabic reading "We will not forget the martyrs, the people want
the fall of the regime" is seen in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.
Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government
officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a
major government building ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli.
AP

Two men are seen walking past an unidentified partially-burned building in
Tripoli, Libya Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's
regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning,
air force pilots defecting and a major government building ablaze after clashes
in the capital of Tripoli. AP

The burned-out People's Hall, the main building for government gatherings
where the country's equivalent of a parliament holds sessions several times
a year, is seen in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Deep cracks opened
in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home
and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a major government building
ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli. AP

The burned-out People's Hall, the main building for government gatherings
where the country's equivalent of a parliament holds sessions several times
a year, is seen in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Deep cracks opened
in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home
and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a major government building
ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli. AP

Two civilian helicopters, which landed without authorisation after leaving
Libya, are seen at Malta International Airport outside Valletta February
21, 2011. Police were questioning seven passengers who landed in European
Union member state Malta from Libya on board the two French-registered
helicopters. The government sources said the helicopters left Libya without
authorisation by the Libyan aviation authorities and that only one of the
seven passengers -- who say they are French citizens -- had a passport. A
French Foreign Ministry spokesman could not immediately confirm the information
as it was still being verified. Reuters

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 and made available Tuesday, Feb.
22, 2011, a truck carrying household belongings drives past a traffic policeman
in Benghazi, Libya. The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal
to Moammar Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the
Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while
the longtime leader defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge,
though the eruption of turmoil in the capital after a week of protests and
bloody clashes in Libya's eastern cities has sharply escalated the challenge
to Gadhafi. AP

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 and made available Tuesday, Feb.
22, 2011, men display victory signs as they ride on a truck scrawled with
graffiti in arabic reading "Go, go, go, leave, leave, leave, down with the
regime", on their way to volunteer to help clean up streets in Benghazi,
Libya. The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar
Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital
Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader
defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge, though the eruption
of turmoil in the capital after a week of protests and bloody clashes in
Libya's eastern cities has sharply escalated the challenge to Gadhafi. AP

In this footage taken from amateur video, people watch papers falling from
a window as a police station burns, in Tobruk, Libya, Monday Feb. 21, 2011.
Libya has seen the bloodiest crackdown of any Arab country of the wave of
protests sweeping the region that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia.
Since the six days of unrest began, more than 200 people have been killed
in Libya, according to medical officials, human rights groups and exiled
dissidents. AP

Protesters wave a flag in this undated picture made available on Facebook
February 21, 2011. The image was purportedly taken recently in Benghazi.
Reuters/Handout

Men carry a coffin at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb.
21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday,
claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting,
and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's
main square for the first time. AP

Residents and medical personnel at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, Libya on
Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Writing in arabic reads "Al-Galaa Hospital, Emergency
and Paramedic section". Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi
on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody
fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in
Tripoli's main square for the first time. AP

A resident stands on top of a burned guard post at the entrance to a security
forces compound in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters
celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the
country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government
unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the
first time. AP

Buildings at the entrance to a security forces compound are seen burning
in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated
in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second
largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to
the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. AP

Residents stand on a tank inside a security forces compound in Benghazi,
Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets
of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city
after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with
clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. AP

In this Feb. 21, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a street
in Tripoli, Libya is seen. AP

In this Feb. 21, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a burnt
building is seen in Tripoli, Libya. AP

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Libyan citizens walk
in front of a burnt government building in Tripoli, Libya Monday, Feb. 21,
2011. AP

In this Feb. 21, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a burnt
building is seen in Tripoli, Libya. AP

People protest against the 41-year rule of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi
outside the United Nations building in New York February 21, 2011. The staff
of Libya's mission to the United Nations declared allegiance to the people
of Libya, instead of to its government led by Muammar Gaddafi, a mission
spokesman said on Monday. Reuters